‘BEFORE YOU SAY “I DO”’
CAST BIOS
DAVID SUTCLIFFE (George Murray) – Born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, David Sutcliffe attended the University of Toronto. There, he was bit by the acting bug, which he pursued professionally after graduation.
Shortly after arriving in Los Angeles, Sutcliffe landed series regular roles on two television series: “Cold Feet” and “Grapevine.” Audiences may best recognize Sutcliffe from his role as ‘Christopher’ on the Emmy® Award-winning series “Gilmore Girls,” in which he played father to Alexis Bledel’s character and ex-husband to Lauren Graham’s.
Sutcliffe can currently be seen on “Private Practice,” playing Addison’s love interest. He also starred as an average-Joe schoolteacher who falls in love with a movie star in his own comedy series, “I’m With Her,” opposite Teri Polo.
On the film front, Sutcliffe played opposite America Ferrara in the independent drama, “Towards Darkness.” His film “Happy Endings” was the Opening Night Film at the Sundance Film Festival in 2005. The film was directed by Don Roos, and Sutcliffe was part of an esteemed cast that included Lisa Kudrow, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Tom Arnold and Steve Coogan.
Additional credits include Disney's “Under the Tuscan Sun,” starring Diane Lane, the independent drama “Testosterone” and romantic comedy “Cake,” opposite Heather Graham.
Other TV credits include Lifetime's “Murder in the Hamptons,” as well as guest spots on “Friends,” “Will and Grace” and “CSI.”
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JENNIFER WESTFELDT (Jane Gardner) – Jennifer Westfeldt is best known for co-writing, co-producing, and playing the title role in the 2002 indie hit “Kissing Jessica Stein,” released by Fox Searchlight Pictures.
“Kissing Jessica Stein” won the Audience Award for Best Feature at the Los Angeles International Film Festival, the Audience Favorites Award at the Chicago International Film Festival, the FedEx Audience Award at the Miami Film Festival, Best Feature at the Louisville Jewish Film Festival, and the GLAAD Media Award for Best Picture. Westfeldt won the Golden Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical, a Special Jury Prize for Writing and Acting at the Los Angeles International Film Festival, and a nomination for an Indie Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay.
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Her second feature as an actress/writer/producer, “Ira & Abby,” marked Westfeldt’s first solo screenwriting effort. “Ira & Abby” won the Audience Award for Best Feature at the 2006 Los Angeles Film Festival, as well as the Audience Award for Best Feature at the Boston Jewish Film Festival and the Jury Prize for Best Feature at the 2007 HBO U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen. Additionally, Westfeldt won the Best Actress Award at the HBO U.S. Comedy Arts Festival and Best Actress at the Puerto Vallarta Film Festival for her performance. The film was acquired by Magnolia Pictures and was released to critical acclaim in the fall of 2008.
Westfeldt started her career as a New York-based theater actress, starring in more than 25 Off- Broadway and regional productions, including the long-running hit The Fantasticks. In 2003, she made her Broadway debut in the critical and commercial hit Wonderful Town, directed by two-time Tony winner Kathleen Marshall, co-starring two-time Tony Award winner Donna Murphy. Westfeldt received a Theater World Award for Outstanding Broadway Debut, as well as a 2004 Tony nomination for her performance.
Her television credits include “Numb3rs,” “Judging Amy,” “Hack,” “Snoops,” “Two Guys, A Girl and A Pizza Place,” “Holding the Baby” and “Notes from the Underbelly.” Westfeldt will next been seen on the small screen in a three episode arc on the hit ABC drama “Grey’s Anatomy.”
Westfeldt resides in both Los Angeles and New York with her longtime boyfriend, Jon Hamm.
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LAUREN HOLLY (Mary Brown) – Born in Bristol, Pennsylvania, the daughter of two college professors, Lauren Holly was raised in Geneva, New York. Her childhood was split between experiences of growing up in a rural town and the sophistication of her parents’ academic careers. She credits her love for acting to her great-grandmother, who bred a family tradition of “treading the boards” on the musical theater stages of Liverpool and London.
Holly spent time traveling in Europe and lived for a year in London, where she studied languages and flute at the famed Sarah Siddons School. At Sarah Lawrence College, she majored in English literature and economics, and intended to become a lawyer until the Elite Modeling Agency discovered her as a college freshman. By her sophomore year, her talent landed her a theatrical agent and a series of commercials. During her last year of school, Holly appeared in the Francis Ford Coppola-produced “Seven Minutes in Heaven” and, after graduating, starred in Michael Mann’s “Band of the Hand.”
Holly’s breakthrough performance in film came in the box office smash “Dumb and Dumber.” Next, she received glowing reviews for her performance in the Edward Burns drama “No Looking Back.” Her other film credits include “Any Given Sunday,” “Sabrina,” “Turbulence,” “Beautiful Girls,” “Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story,” “A Smile Like Yours,” “The Adventures of Ford
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Fairlane,” “Down Periscope,” “Entropy,” “The Last Producer,” “What Women Want,” “Colored Eggs” and “U-Boat.” She also lent her voice to the character of Chihiro’s mother in the animated motion picture “Spirited Away.” Holly recently appeared in “The Pleasure Drivers,” “Down and Derby,” “Fatwa” and “Raising Flagg.”
In addition to starring in the Emmy® Award-nominated TV drama “Chicago Hope” and Emmy® winner “Picket Fences,” Holly was seen in the television movie “King of Texas” and the mini- series “Jackie, Ethel, Joan: Women of Camelot.” She has also played a series lead in CBS’s Primetime Emmy®-nominated “N.C.I.S., ” and starred in two Hallmark Channel Original Movies, “Santa, Jr.” and “Just Desserts.”
Adding writer and producer to her resume, Holly and her father have a production company, Hollycould Productions.
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